Wire-fabric machine.



J. W. SOMMER, DECD. B. L. SOMMBR, EXECUTOR. WIRE FABRIC MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12, 1907.

Patented N02 18, 1913.

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J. W. SUMMER, DBCD. B. L. SOMMER, EXECUTOR. WIRE FABRIC MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12, 1907. 1,6730%,

Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

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J. W. SUMMER, DEGD. n. L. SUMMER, BXEOUTOR. WIRE FABRIC MACHINE.

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I l 1 1 1 1 I I I UNITED rdlrtllfid Pfii l lilhi ll BENJAMIN I. SQMMER, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS, EXECUTOR F JGSEPH W. SOMNLJR', DECEASED, ASSIGNOR T0 KE'FZSTGNE STEEL AND WIRE COMPANY, 01? SOUTH 3A3 TONVILLE, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION 01" ILLINOIS.

WIRE-FABRIC MACHlNE.

-Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 12, 1907.

Pat ented Now. in 8, BEETLE. Serial 3T0. 883,522.

I b all whom 56' may concern:

Be it known that Josnrn lV. SOMMEIZ, deceased, late a citizen ofthe United States, residing; at Peoria, county of Peoria, State of Illinois, (BENJAMIK L. SOMMER, of Peoria, county of Peoria, State of lllino executor of said Josnrn \V. Somme-n), in-

vented certain new and useful Improvements in ire-Fabric Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to machines for producing Wire fabrics and particularly that class of fabrics which are. used for farm, field, poultry, and other forms of fence fabrics. V The object of the invention is to produce a ire fence fabric composed of longitudinal running or strand wires and cross or stay wires which are connected to the intermediate longitudinal or running wires by a locking device, preferably of wire, and those looking devices are disposed diagonally across the juncture of the stay and inter- .ediate wires and have their ends coiled concentrically and partially about one of such wires; the ends of such stay wires be ing preferably coiled or wrapped about what will be hereinafter known as the marginal wires of such fabric.

For further and full description of the invention herein and the merits thereof, and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result, reference is had to the following description and drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modification, stillithe preferred embodiment of the intention is illustrated in the flCCOlTk panyinr; drawings, in which -Figure 1 is an elevation on a greatly re-. duced scale, looking at one side of the for Ward endof the machine; Fig. 2 is a similar elevation looking; at the opposite side of the said machine; Fig. 3 is a plan of the forward end of the machine, except that it is on a somewhat smaller scale than What is shown in 1 and 2; Fig. 4: is a front elevation of the machine as the same Would appear when looking at the right of Fig. 2, and on a scale corresponding to Fig. 3; Fig.

'5 is a vertical longitudinal-section as the same would appear if taken on the line we than the illustration in l; Fig. '7 is a cross section in eevation as the same would. appear if taken on the line o-c of 3, except that the lower portion of the figure has been broken away and is shown on at somewhat larger scale than Fig. 3; Fig. 8 is an enlarged detail in plan. showing the stay feeding mechanism located at the left of Fig. 3; Figs. Q, 10, ll, 12, 13 and let show respectively in opposite elevations and partially in section. different stages of the cutting, forming and clenching of the lock for connecting the stays and the strands; Fig. 15 shows enlarged in plan, side elevation' and end View, a receiving die; Fig". 16 shows enlarged a side elevation, plan and front elevation of the lock bending device; Fig. I? shows enlarged a punch or plunger, of which there is a side elevation end view and a plan, on the line eL-d indicated on the end v'ew: 13", 18 is a plan and longitudinal section of the punch or plunger holder for containing the same; Fig, 19 is a enlarged detail in elevation of the stay guide with component parts in cross section as the same would appear if taken on the line cc of Fig. 21, the dotted line indicating the course of the strand Wire when brought into position as shown in Fig. 12; Fig. 20 is a "View similar to Fig. 19, except that the parts are in a position to allow the finished fence fabric to be drawn out; Fig. 21 is a partial plan showing one of the stay guides and the parts in the position shown in Fig. 20; Fig. 22 is a plan and an elevation in section of a yielding means cooperating with the stay guides to return the parts thereof in position to receive a. stay after the fence fabric has been drawn out; Fig. 23 is an enlarged cross section as the same would ap pear if taken on the line f-]""of Fig. 2%;

Fig. 2% IS an enlarged partial plan. showing in detail the stay cutting and coiling device at the sides of the machine; Fig. 1s a cross section. as the same would appear if taken,

on the line g g of 9.4;- Fig. Ellis an enlarged vertical sectlon of one of the stay coiling,- cutting and depressing mechanisms as the some would'zippcar if taken on the line 'ih of Fig. 28; Fig. 27 is an enlarged th same would appear on 28; Fig. 2-8 is a plan cross section as the 71-2 of Fig oi 2?, showing a stay wire, cut and dcpi ed and ready to be coded; Fig. 29 is on ilizrged plan of a stay guiding memare made, a the Silllili w uld appear lool" ill! in "he direction indicated by the arrow oil is an enlarged cross L rolls for advancing the he loclrs or stepl s are out, being the rolls actuated by the mechanism shown in Fig. Fig. 3 1i is a longitudinal "1 of the fceding mcchenism and feed Figs. 32 and 33. as the some if taken on the line ZZ of is a general view of the product dcsig ed to be manufactured on this machine. and Fig. 36 is a 'sideelevation of the complete machine and includes the pull-out feeding rolls and reel for winding up the completed fence fabric.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the figures.

In the drawings, what will be hereinafter nown as the base plate which supports the wire fecdingand connecting devices, is indiccted-es l, and this plate is supported at its opposite ends on the uprights or standcrds. 2, which in turn are supported or connected with base comprising a pair of hi gitudinal and spaced channel beams 3. In

the iron; and in the rear of the standards 2 and supporte by the channel beams 3 is platform indicated as el on which on opereto or inspector may stand. I

l iving it or near ils opposite end in .o Xings which are supported by the upr its 52 is a drive s ft on one end of l .cli is o. pulley G driven by means of a e belt 7 which receives its power from some suitable source; and on. the Oil'jfiill o end of the said drivii she t sa bevcl gear 8, in mesh with a b r 9 on the lower end of t vertically shuft 10. .This shaft journnlcd able bearings supported by one of the upr and on its upper end i Zarricd a 11. The object 3 and its 'car 11 will befuraft, although it will be one the shaft. and be reason for calling it the'tii'ne shaft is but each operation ofrespective parts 0 hereinafter descriled, for connecting stay to p revenue and marginal wires is governed by approximately one revolution of the shaft 19., and the cams which are carried by said shaft, to be described, are the means in connection with certain other mechanisms for transmit motion-to the wire connecting devices. The shaft 12 receives its power from the driving shaft through the gear 13 on the time shaft which is in mesh with the pinion 14 on the driving shaft;

The present construction provides for feeding in strand wires in the lower portion of the machine, from reels, spools, or in any other suitable manner, and for convenience the running Wires composed of the interme' diets and marginal strands are indicated as A. They pass preferably through tubes L") which are parallel with the channel beams 3 and at a point where it is designed to d rect such wires upwardly or vertically through the machine, they pass around a drum or roller 16, carried by a shaft 17 which is journaled at'its oppositeends in suitable bearings attached to or forming a part of the uprights 2. The intermediate strand wires pass up through the base plate '1, while the marginal wires pass up through coiling spindles extending down through the opening 18 in the base plate. On the lower ends of these spindles are pinions 22 in mesh with corresponding gear wheels 28 which are attached to the time shaft 12. Each of said intermediate strands also passes through suitable openings 24: in transversely disposed bed plates 25 which are supported on the base plate, and such wires also pass through slots 26 arranged in bars 27 which are reciprocally mounted in longitudinal grooves '28 arranged in said bed plates 25, such grooves being best seen in Figs. 5 and 9. The marginzll wires as they leave the spindles, pass up through guides which will be gcnerallyreferred to as29 supported by the base plate 1 and hereinafter more fully 'de scribed.

The intermediate and marginal wires referred to as A to which the stays or cross wires. are attached are adapted to log reeled up on the wrapper 175 carried on this WIHP', per shaft 1'76 journaled in bearings 177 secured to uprights 178 which are duplicated upon opposit-e'sidcs of the machine and se cured to and supported by the clj unnel bea'ms The wrapper shaft 176 is driven from it short shaft 179, (see Fig. 36) on which is carried a pinion 180meshing with n gear belt 182- which receives its power rem anv series of intermediate strands 1 suitable source, a ndtbe driving pulley; 18 3 noaavoa ta driven b "the belt 182. The wires A leaving :lz connecting l'fiCCllfifflSl'llS are directed up and over the roller 185:; (see Fig. 36) which is journ. -{l in a pair of similar beams 185,

:4 only one of which is shown, andsaidbeams are pivoted lit l86 to the upper ends of uprights 1.7%"Wl1lfil'l are similar to uprights 178 and secured to and supported by the channel beams 3. The upper ends of the uprigl'its' 178 and-178 are connected by the b one 187. The wires A leaving the roller 18-l are directed to, over and around a plurality of willing-out rollers, drums or spi'lcrs 188, 389., 19S and 192. he technical. term for these pulling-out rollers, drums or s ide-ire is butterflies and they are so rusted and arranged asto not only pull can. the finished fence fabric after the stays are c-omiected to the longitudinal wires, but a "o crimp the longitudinal wires; and said lir 'itudinal wires, as previously indicated, together with the connected stays or crosswires are wrapped up on the Wrapper 175. The pulling out roller 188 is carried on a shaft 193 which ca 'ricsa gear wheel 194 and said gear wheel meshes with a gear wheel 195 on a shaft 196, which said shaft carries the pulling out oller 189 and the gear wheel 195.

meshes with a gear wheel 197 on a shaft 198, 30 which said shaft carries the pulling out roller 190 and the gear wheel 197 meshes with a gear wheel 19:) on a shaft 200, which said shaft carries the pulling out roller 192. These pulling out rollers 188 and 189,190 and 192., through the gearing mentioned as carried by the shafts on which the pulling out rollers are mounted, are operated from the timing shaft 12.

@n the opposite ends of the timing shaft in are carried cams 30, (see Figs. 1, 2, 5 and 36}, which operate a pair of levers 81, fulcruincd at in a suitable manner to the up hts 2. and connecting with the outer ends or said levers '31 are rods 33 which at their upper ends are pivotally connected at 33* to blocks 1 which are adjustably connected to be noved longitudinally on the beams 185. The adjustment of the blocks 185 on the beams 185 will determine the amount of to operation of the beams 185 during the stroke of the rods 33 which is for the purpose of adjusting the pull-out tofour, six, nine and twelve inch stays. The parts of the mechanism are so tin-led that after the connection of a stay or cross wire to the loi'lgitudinal wires the rods 33 will be operated to lift the beams 185, movie; the fabric the distance it d red to place the stay In other words, the raising of the beams 185 uni so formly draws an squid :n'i'aonnt of the longitudinal wires the conne t. mechanisms and the 'ering of said teams preparatory to drawing tho" lon tudinal wires n mocha is will 'lhe taking up rollers or spiders above referred to being continuously driven take care of the finished fabric and take up the slack in the longitudinal wires during'the interval of lowering the beams 185, which pulls the wires taut. The pulling out rollers are driven from one of a series of sprocket wheels and 36 rights 118 and 178 and the wire connecting mechanisms to allow an operator to pass between the portions of the link belting 37 leading to and from the sprocket wheel 191.

The features above described forni no particular part of this invention, except as they are necessary to cooperate with the working parts of the machine to assist in feeding the longitudinal wires through the machine and to wrap up the completed fabric.

Having described the feed and direction of-movement of the running wires comprising the intermediate and marginal strands, the next in order will be to describe how the stay wires are projected across the strands, cutinto proper lengths and thereafter connected by suitable locking means to the running wires.

The mechanism for feeding the stay wires which are cut into proper lengths from a blank B, fed from reels, spools or in any other suitable manner, comprise a pair of feed rolls and 39, see F1 gs. 3 and 8, the former serving as a driving roll, and the latter serving as the driven roll and adapted to belintermit tently driven by the driving roll. The driving roll is preferably made in the form of an annular plate or ring which has a detachable connection by means of the bolts l0 with a gear wheel 41, see Fig. 7, and the gear wheel is carried on a stud 42 having a hearing at its lower end in the base plate 1 and its upper end is journaled in one end of an arm 43, the, outer end of said arm carrying a gear wheel 44 which meshes with the gear wheel 41 to which the feed roll 38 is attached and meshing with the gear wheel L4 is the pinion 11 on the upper end of the vertical shaft 10; thus it will be seen that as power is transmitted to the shaft .10 from the driving shaft 5, that through the gearing just described, the feed roll will operate in unison with the operation of the driving shaft. The feed-roll 39 is somewhat similar in construction to the feed roll 38, comprisan annular plate or ring which is detachablyconnectedby'means of the bolts 4:5,;

see Fig. 7, with the hub 46 and this hub has a suitable bearing on a short shaft 47 journalcd atits upper and lower ends in a support 48 which is pivotally connected at 49 to the base plate 1, or a suitable extension thereof. Pivoting the support 48 allows for the oscillation of same, by means to be described, for the purpose of positioning the feed roll 39 with respect to the feed roll 38 to facilitate in the said teed rolls projecting a stay blank across the strand wires. The blank from which the stay wires are cut is first fed between straightening rolls 50 which may be similar to any of the well known straightening rolls and from there the blank passes between the matching faces of the feed rolls 38 and 39 and through a guiding block 51, (best seen in Fi 8) for which there is a covering plate indicated as 52, and as seen in Fig. 3. It will be seen that during the continuous operation of the feed roll 38 upon moving the support 48 in a direction to cause the feed roll 39 to impinge upon the stay blank, there will be suiiicient friction produced between the wire and the two :teed rolls to project the stay blank across the machine, and that when the support 48 is moved in the opposite direction the feed of the stay blank is prevented. The support 48 is automatically oscillated and at the time when it is required to project a stay blank across the strand wires. The means for oscillating the support :48 con sists substantially of a head or collar which is carried on a rock shaft 54, journaled "1 suitable boxings 59, see Figs. 7 and 8, although said head has nb'iixed connection with the said shaft, and depending from the head is an arm carrying at its lower end, a roller 56 which is adapted to be en 1 gaged by a cam composed of sections 57 and 58, one or both of which, it it is desirable, may be adjustably carried, on the. timing shaft 12. The head or collar 53 is provided with a boss 60 and projecting through said boss are preferably a pair of threaded studs 61, one of which is adapted to have engage ment with a block or extension 62, attached to orv forming a part of the liorward orfrce end of the support 48 for the feed roll 39. The support 48 to which the block 62 is attachcdis normally held by a suitable yielding means in a position where the "feed roll 39 does not so impinge the stay blanks to assist in projecting the same across the strands and in such a position the block (:32 may en gage with one of the threaded studs 61. But it is intended. that as the cam sections 57 and 58 are rotated with the movement of the time shaft 12, that the lower end of the arm 55 will be moved outwardly, which will partially rotate the head or collar 53 on the rock shaft 54 and such movement of the head will, through the engagement of one of the starts with the block or extension 62 of the support 48, swing said support on its pivot and cause the feed roll 39 to impinge the stay wire blanks.

The yielding means which has been referred to for normally holding the feed roll 39 from engagement with the stay wire blanks, consists of a stem 64 which is suitably secured at one end in the forward end of the support 48 and its opposite end is movably carried through a guide plate which is attached to a block 66 supported on the base plate 1 and between the guide plate and support 48 on the stem 64 is carried spring 67; thus, when the arm; 55 of the head or collar 53 is relieved from pressure through act-ion of the cam sections 57 and 58, the spring 67 will act to normally sold the support 48 in the manner previously described and'servesto return the support 4.8 to its normal position immediately after the sections of the cam 57 and 58 move away from the roller 56. For stopping the return movement of the head or co lar under the action of the spring 67, as atoresaid, a bar or arm 63 is provided, which is secured to the boxings 59 adjacent to t said head which projects across and the threaded lugs so that asth'e head is re turned the lugs will abutwith the bar or arm 63 and thereby limit its movement.

The guide plate 65 together with means n'iovablv carried on the block 66 serves as a gripper for the stay wire blank immediately" upon the feed roll 39 being moved from engagement with the said blank but upon moving the feed roll 39 to engage said blank. the stem 64, in a manner to be described. cpci ates to release the gripping "means to allow the blank to be projected across the strands. T he means referred to cooperating with the guide plate 65 comprises a stem provided with or baring attached thereto, a suitable head 69. The stem is carried in a -re eased portion in the block 66, and has a sliding movement in the end wall of the said block, and in the recess 70 is carried a spring '71 which encircles the stem 68 and bears against the head thereof and end wall of the block 66. T he stem 64 previously described as being movable through the guide plate 65 projects suliiciently through,- the same so that whcn the support 48 is in its normal. position and the head 69 is held, up against the and of the stem (34, there is a space between the I purpose or moving the head 69 farther away 119: above:' the head 53 and in the path of movement otweaves o from the guide plate and from engagement with the wire blank, so that as the feed rolls operate to project the wire across the strands, the gripping devices will not retard the movement of the stay wire blank, but as the spring 67 operates to return the support 48 to its normal position, the spring 71 will operate to cause the head 69 to impinge the wire blank B and firmly hold the same between said head and the guide plate 65 to prevent its movement in either direction.

The sections 57 and 58 of the cam which has been previoi'lsly described as opera-ting to swing the head 53 on the rock'shaft 54, are placed in juxtaposition, as shown in cross section in Fig. 5 and they may be adjustable in the manner shown in Fig. 7 on a head 72 which is secured to the time shaft 12. 'lhese cam sections aredesigned to be adjustable with: respect to each other for the purpose of regulating the movement of the stay blank, and thereby the length of stay to be projected across the strand wires. The drawings, particularly Fig. 5, illustrate sufficient mechanism for producing a wire fabric having three intermediate and two marginal wires which are spaced at graduated distances apart. However, it will be understood that the spacing of the strand and man ainal wires may be at uniform or at graduated distances apart and that it is optional in building a machine whether the mechanism will only accommodate three interme diate and two marginal wires, or notyde:

pending largely on the width of the machine and the number of wire connecting devices which are provided for connecting the stays to the strands; Andit is for the reasons just previously stated, that the cam sections 57 and are adjustable, sotha'tin the event the machine will accommodate a large numher of strand wires for the purpose ofmaliing a high fence that a low fence may be made equally as well, by simply omitting certain of the strand wires and adjusting the caurscctions 57 and 58 so as to hold the arm 55 see Fig. 7 projected outwardly a suliicie'nt length of time to allow the feed rolls 38 and St to operate on the stay wire blank for projectins the same across the strands. It will he understood that by separating the cam sections the arm 55 will be held projected outwardly much longer than if the sections were closed.

z'ldjacent to the heads ofthe coiling; stems 9 there isprovided suitable cutting and deprl sing mechanism for severing the stay wire blanks into sections of stays which are designed to extend across the fabric from oncmarginal wire to the other. One stay severing device might be deemed sullicient and that to be placed in proximity to the feed, but it is preferable to have two of such devices, one located adjacent to each of said coiling" spindles. The object in providing to more or less increase or decrease the length of stay sections which is fed across the fabric, and to provide for this, and to guard against any projections after the ends of the sti/ys have been coiled or locked about the marginal Wires, there is provided two severing devices and the stay sect-ions are thereby cut into lengths which will be just sutlic-ient to allow their ends to be properly coiled or locked about the marginal wires.

The cutting device above referred to is best seen in Fi s. 23 and 24 and 28 and com rises the cutter 73 and the shear 7 1'. The cutter is adjustably carried in-the forward ends of a frame 75 which is fulcrumed at 76 on the center point pins 77 suitably carried in lugs 78 securedto or formed a part of the base plate 1. The shear is adjustably connected with the bracket 21 by being secured tosaid bracket by means of the covering plate 79 and said shear 74 has a longitudinal opening through the same through which it is adapted to carry wire blank B from which the stay sections are out. By means of an arm 80 which is pivotally connected at one end at 80 with the frame 7 5' and at itsopposits end at 80 with a coupling 8I secured to the rock shaft 54, the frame 75 may be suitably oscillated when the shaft 54 is rockedsin its bearings for causing the cutter 73 and shear 74 to cooperate in severing. a

stay length from the blank B when the same has been'projected in the manner described,

crossing the running wires forming the fabric.

To the frames 75 are attached stay wire depressing means being a bar or plate 82 having the lower bevel face 83. As the frame 75 is oscillated and the shearing members operate to sever a stay. length from the wire blank and for trimming its opposite ends, the beveledges 83 of the depressing plates 82 will engage with the ends of a stay section, and will depress the same downwardly as is shown in Fig 26 and inwardly as is shown in Figs. 27 and 28. That is to say, the operation of the depressing plates 82 will forcethe ends of the said sections down, and on to the bevel face of the coiling spindles 1 9, as shown in Fig. 26 and inwardly, or in the direction in which it is in tended that the ceiling pins 84 of the c0iling' spindles 19 will operate to coil or lock the ends of such stay sections about the mar ginal wires A.

The guides 29 which have been previously referred to; and which are supported directly above the head ends of the coiling spindles 6 invest-e 19 and through which the marginal wires A Q 1 pass, comprise brackets 85 suitably secured to the base plate and having the tubular bodies 86 at their forward ends. In such tubular'bodies are suitably carried the tubular stems 87 provided with the vertical slots 88 therein, which communicate with and form a part of a longitudinal groove or slot 89 in an elongated extension 90 ofthe tubu lar stem 87, The tubular body 86 of the bracket is provided with a vertical slot 86* corresponding somewhat, to the vertical slot'88 in the tubular stem-'87; The outer slotted or grooved end of the elongated extension of the stem 87 is adapted to pass under a block 91 secured to the base plate, which is the normal position of said elongated extension, and for normallyholding the said extension in this position, there is provided the spring 92. The marginal wires A pass up through the tubular stems 87 of the guides 29 and the wireblanks B pass below the tubular head 86 and the stem carried therein and'into andv through the slot or groove 89 in the elongated extension 90 and through suitable guides which will be hereinafter described, which cotiper-ate with the wire connecting devices for securing the stay sections to the intermediate strands and through a similar guide located at the oppcsite side of the machine. It is understood of course that the guides for'the marginal wires are duplicates of each other. i I

In the operation of pulling out the strand wiresflafter a stay has been secured (which will be hereinafter described,) the stays are moved sidewise by suitable means, and when so moved, said stays will swing the elongated extensions 90 of the guides 29, by partially rotating the stems therein in the-tubus lar heads 86; this will swing the outer slotted or grooved ends ofthe extensions 90 lfrom beneath the block 91 as shown. in Fig. 29,

which will allow the said stay'sectionsto move upwardly with the running wires; such swinging of the extensions 90 bein against the tension of the springs 92, whic when the stays have disengaged themselves from the guides,.will return them to their normal positions as shown .in full'lines in the figures. -To lock the stems of the guides in the heads 86, and yet permit the same to be partially rotated therein, the bodies of the spindles 87 are provided with the Hat faces or grooves 93 cut into the same and the threaded plug 94 which is screwed into the tubular head 86, enters the groove 93. Thus, it will be seen that through such connection, the lug will hold he stem 87 against vertical movement and yet will allow the same to have a partial rotationin the manner described in the tubularheads '86.

The mechanism for connecting the body of the stay sections with the intermediate strand wires where they iiitcrsct-t will nowbe described. The particular means in stance is preferably a lock which is made from a continuous wire, bent form of a staple, the arcuate'portion which is passed'dia'gonally across the juncture oi the two wires and'its ends caused to be wrapped or coiled concentrically and partially abort one and the same wire on opposite sides o the cross wire to which said first-mentioned wire is secured. As was described, the ends of the stay sections are wrapped or co led about the marginal wires of the fabric and during the wrapping or coiling of the ends of such stay sections about the marginal wires, it is designed to operate in unison the mechanism which shall connect the intermediate portions of the stay sections to the intermediate wires of the ialcric,v The mechanism for connecting or attaching one por' tion of a stay section to an intermediate wire. is the same as the means employed for connecting or attaching other portions of the mediate wires of the fabric, so that the de scription of the mechanism for connecting one intermediate portion of a stay section to one intermediatestfand wire will be sulficient to include corresponding elements oi the similar mechanism for connecting other portions of a stay section to the remaining intermediate strands.

It has been described that the strand wires A pass up through slots .26 in longitudinal movable bar 2?. The stay blank B which is projected by the feed previously de scribed, across the strands, is fed across and same sta section to the remainin inter g,

above the bars 9. asbest seen in detail in Fig. 10 and also Fig. 21', the last mentioned figure showingthe'stay sections in a position when the fabricis ready to be drawn, Intermediate each of the bars :2? through which the strand wires A. pass, are" 95 pl'fl 'vided with a wire groove or slot 96 forming out.

slidably supported guides plates a seat for the wire blank B, through which the same is projected across the machine} these guide-plates 95 are normally held in a position where the grooves or slots 98 thereof are normally in line with the wire grooves or slots 89 in the extensions 98 of the guides, previously described, when such guides are in a position shown in tull lines 111 Fig. 29. Thus, it will be seen that when Kill the stay blank is passed through the eaten,

sion 90 otthe first guide, it will be projected across and. through the grooves 98 of the guide plates 95 and is finally passed through the wire'grooves or slots in the extension 90 of the guide upon the opposite side of the machine. However, intermediate the guide plates 95 and coinciding with and supported above each of the bars 2'! there is provided a stationary receiving die member 9? provided with a wireireceiving slot or groov- 98 extending transversely in one direction across the acting face of said member through which the wire blank B is passed as the same is projected across the machine and passes throughthe slots or grooves of the wire guides, above'referred to, and cooperating with each'of the guide plates 95, which said plates are preferably L-shaped as shown, are guide bars 99 with which portions of the guide plates cooperate, and below which the wire grooves or slots 96 of the guide plates 95 are normally retained, which position will prevent any dislodgment ,of the stay sections through the. operation of connecting the same to the strand wires, and it is impossible to disconnect the said stay sections from such wire grooves until after the guide plates 95 have been moved for the purpose of placing the wire grooves or slots therein outside of the guide bars 99. In the position in which the parts above described,

are disposed, which is the position of the parts as they are shown in Fig. 10, the stay section is removed a short distance from the strand wires A, but mechanism Will be described which will show how the strand wires through the movement of the bars 27 in one direction are caused to be brought into'juxtaposition to the said sections and that portions of ,the strand wires pressed. into a wire 'roove or slot in the acting face of the mem er 97, at which time the wires are connected in the manner referred to. The receiving die members 97 have the outer ends of the wire. grooves 0r slots 98 beveled as at 99*, to enable'the stay blanks to' slip easily into and out of the wire grooves 98 therein. There is also provided in the act ing face of the receiving die member 97, a-wlre receiving groove or slot 99" which extends transversely in a direction opposite to the wire groove or slot 98, and disposed upon opposite sides of the wire groove or slot 99" and extending for a short distance and parallel with said groove 0r slot, are what will be hereinafter termed semi-circular die seats 100, serving a purpose which will be further explained. i

The receiving die members" 97 are preferably secured on the bed plate 25 beneath a covering plate 100, see Figs. 6 and 24, for securing the same in position, and should it. be deemed desirable to provide an adjusting means for the said receiving dies, the nut 101 is .provided which is firmly secured in position at the rear of the receiving die 97, substantially as shown in Fists. 4 and 6, and the screw 102 coiipcrating with said nut and adapted to engage with the rear end of the receiving dies, serves to adjust the same in the event of wear upon the acting face of the receiving dies, Owing to the fact of constant wear upon the acting face of the receiving dies, and particularly on the semicircular die seats 100, it IS preferable to 97. With this construction, the section 103 of the receiving die member 91' containing the semi-circular die seats may be replaced, without the necessity of replacing the entire receiving die member.

After the stay section has been placed in a position heretofore indicated, and the parts are in position for the urpose of severing a locking member and oclting the sameabout the stay section and an intermediate' wire, with the ends of the said lock partially coiled about said stay section, the rock shaft which has been referred to as 54 will be rocked in its bearings and when so rocked, the bar 27 will, through link connections 104, connecting the rear end of the bar 27 with a member 105 secured to said rock shaft, draw the bar 27 toward the axis of said shaft.

Connected to move with the bars 27 is a block 106 shown in detail in 10 and said block is rovided with a longitudinal opening 107 tihrough-the same which has its (fpposite walls 108 beveled in the manner seen in Fig. 16, and disposed in a plane diagonal to the longitudinal bearing of said block,

and 109 denotes a slotted opening extending down into the block at right angles 0 to the longitudinal opening therein and communicated therewith, the end wall of said slot-ted opening 109 presenting a flat face asat 110. This block performs several different functions, that of one of two cutting members for severing a short section from a continuous wire from which a loch; is made; as a guide for the plunger or punch, and also cooperates with an anvil for forming the locks and forces the strand wire .iuto the wire groove or slot 99" of the receiving die, the rear wall or seat of which is indicated 111 and is convex as shown in Fig. 12 which produces an irregular portion in the strand wire as shown in such figure which insures a pertcct lock being made with the stay section when the lock is caused to connect the same through the action of the plunger or punch, which will be described. lVh-en the parts are-1n the position shown in l igs. 9 and 10 of the drawings, just prior to the operation of the rock shaft 5+1 for reciprocating the bar 2'? and with it the block 106, a wire which'is indicated as C from which the blanks which thereafter are formed il'ltOtlOCliS, are severed, is fed diagonally across the front face of the block 106 as shown in Figs. 5, 9 and 10, said wire C passing up and along the line indicated as 112 and upon movement be ing imparted to the bar 27 and its block 126, the cutting edge 113 of said blockco- 

